Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 17 Aug 2010, 10:23Updated 17 Aug 2010, 10:47

Premier League

A Simple Poll Gallas – Yes Or No?

Like it or loathe it, this is a story that seems to just not want to go away. This is quite possibly as Harry Redknapp is a fan of the idea.

Gallas whatever you may think of him, whatever prejudices you may harbour, is a very good footballer. He has age, experience and undeniably what folk are now fond of calling a ‘winning mentality’.

Tottenham’s aspirations in part anyway may well start to get realised tonight as they play their first leg of their Champions League qualifier. But strength at that level comes in depth and Ledley King isn’t going to be playing, it is suggested, because of the pitch. But it’s the worst kept secret in football he has to rest virtually ever other game.

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